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Re:An entire Mobile OS built using HTML, CSS and JS - by Moz... by asadotzler on Saturday March 17, 2012 @02:31PM (#3717739)
It's more than a user interface though. It's a platform for Web applications that let those apps reach all the way down to the full capabilities of the hardware.
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Re:An entire Mobile OS built using HTML, CSS and JS - by Moz... by ChuckMcM on Saturday March 17, 2012 @03:10PM (#3717887)
Perhaps we share a definition disconnect. Is X11 a platform for a user interface or is it a OS?

I lean to the former definition but I'll be the first to agree that I come from an earlier time. When 'windows' came out it really was a user interface on top of MS/PC-DOS (and it still is IMO) however now several generations of folks have been brought up saying that Windows was the OS.

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Re:An entire Mobile OS built using HTML, CSS and JS - by Moz... by grannyg00se on Saturday March 17, 2012 @08:09PM (#3718635)
I don't think recent versions of windows can realistically be thought of as a UI on top of MS/PC-DOS anymore.
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Re:An entire Mobile OS built using HTML, CSS and JS - by Moz... by serge2k on Saturday March 17, 2012 @09:43PM (#3718833)
Can any version that was built on NT?
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